German Cream Cake

Photo: flickr user bucklava

Ingredients

1 cup butter

3 cups sugar

6 eggs

1 cup sour cream

3 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Preparation

Cream the butter and blend in the sugar. Add the eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition. Blend in sour cream. Sift the flour with baking powder, and add to first mixture in 3 or 4 parts. Add vanilla; blend well. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 25 minutes or until tests done. Remove from oven, let stand 5 minutes, invert and cool. When cool, wrap in saran wrap or foil and leave for 24 hours at room temperature.